Hammock



A. BEALS.

HAMMOOK (N0 Model.)

N0. 408,320. Patented Mayl4, 1889.

NITED STATES ATENT I HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming par1: of Letters Patent N0. 403,320, dated May 14, 1889.

' Application filed May 3, 1888. Serial N0. 272,628. (N0 model.)

T0 all wh0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS BEALS, 0f N0113h \Vey1nouth in the counuy 0f N01f01k and State 0f Massachusetts, a eitizen of the United Stabes, have invented certain new and usefu1 Improven1entS in Ilzunmocks, 0f whieh the following is (L speeification.

I hzwe already made applieation, Serial N0. 263,814, fi1ed February 13, 1888, f01 a patent f01' a harnmock in which a portion 0f the end 0E the fabric is folded over upon itse1f and is woven ar0und a stay 001'd 01 wire of the desired stiffness and thiekness f01 the purpose, so that one-half of the warp-threads 100p around the cord 01 rod, and a series 0f 100ps is formed across the end of the ha1nmock,one end 0f each 100p passingaround the cord,the other end 0f the 100p being Ieft 0ut a Sufficient distance for the ready attaehment 0f t-11e supporting-eords, o1, if desired, eo such a distance that the 100p itse1f may be nsed for Supporting the ha1nmoek.

My present invention relates t0 an improved construction of the hammock,whereby the supporting-loops and stay-cord are united in a mueh neater and better Way than has heretofore been practieed.

In the drawings, Figu1e 1 is a p1an view, and Fig. 2 a sectional view 011 an enlarged scale, 0f a portion 0f the end of a hzunmock embodying my1'nvention. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and G are detail views,as Will hereinafterbemore fu1ly explained, further illustrating the C011- smruction 0f the hannnock.

Referring t0 the drawings, A represens the hzun1nock body, composed 0f woven yarn,

which I prefer, although any suitable reticu- Iated er woven material nmy be used. The threads shown ab Fig. 1 as running up and down are the warp-threads a, and those running across are the filling-threads b.

B represents the stay-eord, lying within the folded end 01 he1n of the hzunmoek, aus shown in Fig. 2. BightS 01 loops 0f 1she supporting 01 100p cord C surround the say-eord B, and are shown as gathered togeher and knotted to the suspension-cord D in a well-known manner.

In the finished structure I prefer t0 run a 1ine 0f nmehine-stitching (indieated a c) through the stay-cord B, tlms confining he Ioops around the snay-cord m1d preventing thei1 accidenta1 displacement.

I Will now deseribe 'the n1ethod whichI prefe1 t0 follow in 1naking n1y i1nproved 0011- struetion, zus I believe that this Will illustmce more clearly the eonstruction ioself.

In canying 0ut n1y invention, I first cause bighS 01 100ps 0f the loopcord t0 pass through meshes 0f the hzunnnock fabric a1; a distance from the en d approximately equal 0 the d epth 0f the hem t0 be turned a-nd at intervals across the hzun1nock, the Iength of the intervals being governed by nhe nunnber and locaoion 0f he 100ps desired. The work now is in the condition shown in p1an ab Fig. 3 and in end elevat-ion a1; Fig. 4. I next earry a stitfeningwire 01 stay-cord, B, across the ham1nock-body and through the series 0f loops, as sh0wn ab F1 g. 5, then dmw eaeh 100p 01113 onto the upper 01 outer side 0f the fabric, theloops 110W being drawn tight around the stay-eord, as shown in Fig. G. The end 01 he1n of the hammoekmay DOW be folded 0ver upon the hannnock, so (hat all the warp-threa'ds envelop the rod, zus shown in Figs. l and 2, and securedas, f01 'exzunple, by 0ne 01 more 1OWS 0f sitehes, e e, and a sixnilar 1*ow, c, taken, if desired, through and through the stay-eord, when zu 001d is used, t0 keep the 100ps of rhe loop-eord in plane. The outer ends 0f ohe loops 1n aybe attached to the supporting-eords in any desired manner, as shown in Fig. l, 01 if uhe loops 2u*e 0f snfficieht length they nmy themselves be used as supports.

By the construction herein described the hammoek is 11013 only 1n01e securely attached, but a veryneat, simple, and effective finish is given t0 it.

I du not broadly 0Iain1 the hanunoek fabric, scay-eord, and supporing-cord either alone 01 in combination, for all 0f them am shown in 1ny applieation above referred to. In that application, however, the Suppo1tingc0rd is shown as kn otted 01 tied around ehe sray-cord, and the 10W of knots thus produced is objeetionable in the finished hammoek f0r various reasons. By 1ny present improvement, z'1s Will be pereeived,1 do away with all knotoing of the supporting-cord a1ound the stay-cord, and thus materially improve the finished intic1e. 

